From the Big Apple, Pallbearer's Joseph D. Rowland joins Damnation Versus to discuss the band's sound engineer becoming a viral internet meme after the fire alarm sounded while he was behind the desk in his Speedos. 

His hopes for 2021, including hitting the road - and a return to Damnation - with Elder and Irist, his memories of a packed Bloodstock tent, almost missing their set at Hellfest and the possibility of special Sorrow and Extinction sets when the pandemic is under control.

The frustration of not being able to develop Forgotten Days in a live setting and having a "bunch" of new material already in the works if the immediate future isn't as bright as we'd all hope.

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Tom Taaffe - the hero responsible for Nails at Damnation - is this week's guest to discuss being a booking agent for the likes of Sleep, Exodus, Pallbearer, Higher Power, Every Time I Die, Loathe, Vein and... Vance Joy.

He discusses the imminent decisions facing the major summer festivals which could cost them  "millions of pounds" if they don't call it right, the shock of being dropped by bands who "fancy a change" and the love/hate tussle between promoters and agents.

And why getting the most money for a show isn't always the smartest move for an agent or their band.

Surprisingly candid. Brilliantly revealing. And at two hours and ten minutes, a Damnation Vs record-breaker.

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After releasing one of the best albums of 2020 - Phanerozoic II - as the pandemic brought touring to a standstill, The Ocean's Robin Staps spent his unexpected spare time at home writing the follow up. 

He also spent lockdown in Berlin growing his label, Pelagic Records, and his planning to take the label's live show, Pelagic Fest, to Norway and Holland.

As well as looking ahead to a future that WILL include the tour with pg.lost, Hypno5e and Svalbard - even if it needs bumped to 2022 - Robin also looks back over four appearances at Damnation, from the "intense" fourth stage in 2010 to headlining the Eyesore Merch Stage eight years later.

And yes, THAT balcony dive  that almost resulted in the festival being halted by venue management in 2015!

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Stepping into Myrkur's slot on the black metal stage at Hellfest, being commissioned to perform new music at Roadburn and storming Damnation with her electric cello, before introducing Venom Prison... Jo Quail is a unique talent causing a stir in the extreme scene.

She discusses all the above, touring with Winterfylleth, Mono, Caspian, the reception death metal fans have given her take on classical music and why we don't see more artists like her on our club circuit.

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Music streaming deals barely covering two pints a month, living in an "open prison" during the pandemic, no live shows for two more years, cancel culture, freedom of speech... and Mgła playing Damnation.

Primordial's Alan Averill is not a man you turn to for light-hearted banter.

Strap yourself in.

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Maybeshewill’s John Helps discusses playing in (one of) the world’s best post-rock band, inadvertently calling it a day at their biggest ever show, returning in the middle of a pandemic and why he’s the reluctant “thank you” guy.

He also talks about the promoters’ life with his role in Handmade Festival, pinching a blueprint from Damnation and using his tour managing experience to keep visiting bands happy - even at breakfast.

Oh, and the worst tour of his life looking after a very difficult black metal act in Mexico. 

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Orange Goblin frontman and booking agent Ben Ward explains how losing his day job during the pandemic led to the birth of his own agency, Route One Booking, with a roster boasting the likes of Voivod, Discharge, Mutoid Man and Fu Manchu. 

The importance of strong relationships between booking agents and promoters, finding festivals for his emerging acts and the chances of seeing High Command back on the poster for Damnation 2021.

He also looks back on 25 years with Orange Goblin; the highlights and nightmares of life on the road, their next record and forthcoming live streams to mark the milestone as a band.

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We did it! We landed a booking agent, and not just any old agent, the man responsible for putting more bands on Damnation's incredible line-ups than anyone... Haydn Britland of NMC Live.

Alcest, Mono, Sólstafir, The Ocean, Cult of Luna, Enslaved, Nordic Giants, Maybeshewill, Leprous, Ihsahn, Amenra, Talons, Ne Obliviscaris, Arabrot, Agent Fresco, Obsidian Kingdom, Sinistro, Chthonic, pg.lost,... he's the man deals.

We discuss the birth of that unforgettable Mariner tour, promoter vs agent challenges, the perfect slots at perfect events and how the sublime - and classical - Jo Quail fits into it all.

There's also bubbly and a discount merch deal with our friends at Eyesore Merch to round off the first season of Damnation Vs.

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ArcTanGent and 2,000 Trees talent buyer, James Scarlett, opens up about the pressures of booking almost 300 bands each year for his festivals. 

Why won't Mogwai just say 'yes'? How realistic is it that we'll see The Mars Volta finally take the stage in Bristol? The challenges of booking a line-up for fans two decades younger than him...

Puscifer's wrestling ring production being too big to consider at ATG, the stars aligning for a possible Pixies performance at 2,000 Trees and Dragged Into Sunlight "bustin' balls".

Why weren't Maybeshewill as big as Explosions in the Sky, can Nordic Giants make that leap and would Electric Wizard go down well at Fernhill Farm? We get in about it all.

Oh, and remember when Refused called James out for not doing enough to promote women in rock? 

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Beating Covid-19, tour managing Machine Head, playing with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax in Czech Republic, Wes Scantlin's bus antics, silver service at Graspop vs dodgy meal tokens at Download, handling huge production for Red Hot Chilli Peppers, losing £20,000 on Drowning Pool and cops interrupting his "rock star moment" threesome.

Testament, A Pale Horse Named Death, Disturbed, God Forbid, Life of Agony, Skindred, Hell Yeah, American Head Charge, Soil, Ill Nino, Breed 77, Devildriver, The Pretty Reckless, Puddle of Mudd, Heaven's Basement and Florence and the Machine also feature as Luke recounts two decades of being baw deep in the business.

And what's the chances of Panic Cell reuniting for a one-off 20th anniversary set of Bitter Part of Me at Damnation 2023?

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